Greece Workers

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  Greece Will Now Work 6 Days A Week, Labour Unions Call It "Barbaric"

  As more European countries move towards a shorter, 4-day working week, workers in Greece will have to work for six days every week in a new government initiative aimed at boosting productivity and employment across the nation.

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  Greek PM Seeks Forgiveness From Victims' Families After Train Collision Kills 57

  The Greek prime minister on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 dead in the nation's worst rail disaster ahead of a major rally by students and rail workers in Athens.

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  7 Children Die After Migrant Boats Sink Off Greece

  At least seven children died when boats carrying migrants sank off Greece on Wednesday, as rescue workers battled to save more youngsters on the seashore in the latest desperate scenes in Europe's refugee crisis.

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  British Shoe Seller Tries to Crowdfund Greek Bailout

  A British shoe shop worker launched an online crowdfunding campaign to raise the money for Greece to meet its now expired IMF debt repayment, saying he just wanted to help austerity-stricken Greeks.

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  8 Die in Greek Ferry Fire, 427 Rescued

  The death toll in the Greek ferry fire has risen to eight and rescue workers are investigating if more people are still missing, Italian authorities said today.

• Greek workers strike over shutdown of state broadcaster as backlash grows

  Greek workers stage a nationwide strike on Thursday, forcing hospitals to work on emergency staff and disrupting transport, in protest against the "sudden death" of state broadcaster ERT, switched off in the middle of the night by the government.

• Greece shuts down state broadcaster to cut costs

  Greek state TV and radio were gradually pulled off the air late Tuesday, hours after the government said it would temporarily close all state-run broadcasts and lay off about 2,500 workers as part of a cost-cutting drive demanded by the bailed-out country's international creditors.

• Thousands rally against European austerity on May Day

  Workers hit by record high unemployment staged May Day protests across Europe on Wednesday, hoping to persuade their governments of the case for easing austerity measures and boosting growth.

• Bangladesh workers vent May Day fury after disaster

  Protestors demanded the execution of factory bosses over the death of nearly 400 people in a building collapse today, as May Day became the focus of workers' anger over Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster.

• 20 migrant workers shot and wounded in Greece

  At least 20 migrant strawberry pickers were shot and wounded in southern Greece on Wednesday, in a pay dispute after a foreman opened fire on them with a shotgun, police said.

• Anti-austerity strike brings Greece to a standstill

  Greek workers held a nationwide strike against wage cuts and high taxes on Wednesday, keeping ferries stuck in ports, schools shut and hospitals with only emergency staff.

• Anti-austerity strike brings Greece to a standstill

  Greek workers held a nationwide strike against wage cuts and high taxes on Wednesday, keeping ferries stuck in ports, schools shut and hospitals with only emergency staff.

• Euro zone row gets fat pay raise for German workers

  A record-breaking pay deal will give millions of German workers their biggest rise in wages in two decades.